The Woman in Black

Published to tie-in with major new film adaptation starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe.Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.

“'A rattling good yearn, the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine' -- Guardian 'She writes with great power… Authentically chilling' -- Daily Telegraph 'An excellent ghost story… magnificently eerie… compulsive reading' -- Evening Standard”

No one chills the heart like Susan Hill Daily Telegraph
An excellent ghost story… magnificently eerie… compulsive reading Evening Standard
A rattling good yarn, the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine Guardian
Heartstoppingly chilling Daily Express
Terrifying... creepy classic Daily Mail

SUSAN HILL has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and The Mist in the Mirror. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black is one of the longest running in the history of London's West End. In 2020 she was awarded a damehood (DBE) for services to literature. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.

'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until Arthur glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to speak of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose. 'An excellent ghost story...magnificently eerie...compulsive reading' Evening Standard 'A rattling good yarn, the sort that chiils the mind as well as the spine' Guardian

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